A family name on Powell Street, Strathcona, Downtown and Grandview-Woodland
The Grays
In the city directories 1940 · two people at two addresses
The directories print two people named Gray at two addresses in 1940, all on Powell Street. No first name or initials tie one address to the other: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 107 other streets too, all listed on the Gray name's own page.
Reserve this family's book, freeThe name in every directory we hold from 1901 to 1945, at every address, each line with its page, to read here or save as a PDF. About $29 when orders open.
Where the Grays lived
- 1
620 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- John Gray, retired 1940
Next door in 1940: Mrs E J Murray at 608 and D Mori at 622. The block, door by door
- 2
753 Powell Street
Strathcona, 1940
- Arthur Gray 1940
Next door in 1940: H Isomura at 747 and J Tanaka at 755. The block, door by door
Their neighbourhoods
The addresses are in Strathcona (2). Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.
The story, address by address
The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists John Gray at 620 Powell Street, retired. The 1940 name section lists Arthur Gray at 753 Powell Street.
Today
The City no longer lists 620 Powell and 753 Powell, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).
Every line as printed
All 2 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
- Gray John retired620 Powell, p. 237
- Gray Arth753 Powell, p. 236
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, name section, where each person's work is printed
The book of the Grays
Every directory, as one book
The family book reads the Gray name in each Vancouver directory we hold from 1901 to 1945: everyone printed under it at every address, their work from the name sections, who lived next door, and the page behind every line, to read here or save as a PDF to print or give.
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Another name, or a house
Sources
Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under G. Want a name removed? Tell us.